There's so much to see,
Lisa Garnet instinctively followed the concrete path, the map unfolded in her hands, and the sheets of the cot wrapped about her shivering body. It had hardly been an hour since she had left her so-called "home", but it had already become cold enough for her to turn back once, hence the sheets.
The wind has picked up as well, whereas before it was hardly noticeable, it now howled through the girl's ears, and tugged at the flapping sheets she wrapped around herself.
Nevertheless, Lisa trudged forward, barefoot. After all, what was the use of staying put for all your life?
It was now another hour into her trek, and by this point, Lisa had grown ever so slightly impatient. Though she was supposedly "Just a walk's away" from the city on the map, it already felt as if she had trudged for days on end. Silently, she cursed her human stamina, and continued following the path.
It was only now that she could see the buildings dotting the horizon. Though the settlement had been labeled as a "city" on her map, the girl was now clearly convinced that it was only in name. The town, for a more appropriate name, appeared to be half-derelict, with some of the taller structures visibly deteriorating even with Lisa being so far from them in actuality.
And yet, she forged onward.
One and a half hours into her journey, and Lisa had finally begun to feel the sensation of thirst creeping in the back of her throat. A glance at the map revealed no waterways for miles around, and so her thirst went unquenched. She was now close enough to see what appeared to be the true city limits- small, fallow farms dotting the perimeter, and some sort of half-burnt fence of some kind.
With the town so close now, the girl began to sprint, trying, along the way, to ignore the painful flecks of gravel that pierced the soles of her feet as the concrete pathway gave way to potholes.
With another half an hour and enough sprinting to last a lifetime, Lisa Garnet had finally arrived at what she assumed to be the city gates. The only problem? The people.
The streets of the town, while paved, hardly looked to be in use, and the few people seen wandering outdoors were dressed the same way Lisa herself had been- medical gown, shoeless, and occasionally donning a makeshift cape of sheets. Many seemed to cast wary, almost confused glares at each other, as if nobody had known each other, or even seen each other, for their entire lives.
Some appeared to be bedraggled, groaning quietly and blinking in the light of the sunset as they confusedly conversed with each other. It was a town that had awoken- not by intellectual means, nor by the light of sunrise, but rather by being dragged feet-first, kicking and screaming, back into the waking world.
"H-hello?" the girl asked timidly, tapping on the shoulder of a passerby.
"OFFICER JONES, AT YOUR SERVICE!" the man shouted, spinning to face Lisa with a salute.
She glanced down at the man's wristband, then back at the man, the half-crazed expression still firm on his face as he held the salute. His name was anything but "Jones", rather, being instead being "Andrew Smith".
She turned her gaze back to the man, his hand shaking slightly as his arm grew tired. "I... I don't understand?" she asked in confusion.
The man remained still for a couple more seconds, before his eyes widened, and he dropped his hand with a sigh. "Sorry, I-I'm sorry." he replied, "I haven't quite been myself recently. Terribly sorry..."
"No, no," Lisa cut in, "It's fine. I think we've both been pretty confused for the past few days."
The man nodded, and awkwardly turned away, walking as if with a limp that clearly didn't exist.
And for the first time since waking, Lisa Garnet-- Twilight Sparkle, was afraid.
What has this world been through?
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8609210
Give them a watch, there's three of them, matrix, matrix reloaded, and matrix revolutions. Who knows? Perhaps it'll give you some inspiration or ideas.
8609220
Maybe. But I'm enjoying the path that this story's taking at the moment, so I don't plan on taking ideas from that anytime soon. ^_^
8609226
I didn't say take ideas from it, I said inspiration, the muse to write, etc.
8609276
I guess. Right now my biggest drive to write is the fact that my current "flagship" series of sorts, my Lab Horse trilogy, has been stagnating after months of writer's block. This is just the result of me using ideas that I haven't been able to use before and putting them into an entirely new story.
8609281
I know how you feel, writer's block is a pain in the behind, especially when you want to write.
8609286
Yup.
Is this base on that movie where humans stayed home controlling robots to do everything in the outside world?
8609421
Nope. Like I said in a previous comment, this is completely original, and drawn from ideas I never was able to use previously.
Not one of these people remembers who they were before they were plugged in? That's pretty strange. I wonder what would happen if she were to run into somebody that did remember.
8609829
Remember that technician/medic guy?
Pretty peculiar.
Who has been managing the physical world?
You would expect a bit more automation present.
How did the technician not know the entire town was hit with connection lost errors?
I suspect the technician was flown in/driven in by an automated vehicle from stop to stop and never noticed the passers by, or maybe he is just one of many?
The biggest reveal in this entire chapter: TWILIGHT SPARKLE CAN SPRINT WITHOUT LOSING HER BREATH DESPITE UNTOLD TIME IN A VR POD!!!!!
8610791
The tech is one of many, called in because of a city-wide outage.
8610334
Does he count? I don't think he was plugged in... Or was he?
8611020
He's one of the few who stayed behind to keep things running.
8611029
Ah.
Ok this is creating more questions than anything else...but deeper down the hole I go!
~Jumps down a rabbit hole, only to get stuck upside down in it.~ Oh Brother...
I am genuinely interested in this world honestly
9011620
honestly your comment made me think of this
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